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And the Sun shone again, the humans were happy again, children played once more, flowers bloomed, rainbows formed bridges, and birds flew underneath ad over them. Martisor (Mărțișor) is a celebration at the beginning of spring, on March 1st, in Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria.

When Dochia sees the fruits she believes that spring has come and leaves for the mountains with her son and her flock.

The word Martisor is the diminutive of martie, the old folk name for March ( Martie, in modern Romanian), and thus literally means “little March”. Before the 19th century various other colors were used: black and white in Mehedinți and in Aromanian communities, red only in Vâlcea, Romanați, Argeș, Neamț, and Vaslui, black and red in Brăila, white and blue in Vrancea, or even multiple colours in areas of southern Transylvania and Moldova. The two threads twisted together, red and white or red and black, symbolized the unity of opposing forces: summer-winter, heat-cold, fertility-barrenness, light-dark, but also fierce, tumultuous life, youth, passionate love (red) twisted around purity, candid, clean, and new, virginal light (white). Nobody dared to confront the dragon, until one day when a young man went to the dragon’s castle and fought him.

In Romania, the most superstitious ones say that the person who finds a horseshoe has to throw it over his/her shoulder or place it on one of the house’s walls for good luck. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. On the last day of March, they tie the red and white string to a branch of a fruit tree, as this is said to bring wealth and good luck. On this day, and even until March 8, men offer women martisoare - small symbolic items tied with a red and white entwined cord, as a sign of respect and love. However, everything can become a martisor if you don’t forget to tie the red and white string to it.Although women usually receive a symbolic mărțișor from men, in some areas of the country, men also receive mărțișoare. The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. The Year’s Rope was the link between summer and winter, black and white representing the opposition and the unity of opposites: light and dark, warm and cold, life and death. Similar customs include the Martenitsa, celebrated by Bulgarians, and Martinka by Macedonians, while other communities such as Albanians, Turks from the Ohrid region, Greeks from Northern Greece, the isles of Rhodes, Dodecanese and Karpathos, the Gagauz people, and the Diaspora of these populations also practice local variations of the custom.

Some women choose to wear the mărţişor all March as it is believed that the one who wears the red and white string will be strong and healthy in the coming year. The first day of March brings with it a host of customs and traditions of Martisor -(trinket ) , a festival dedicated to the brink of spring renewal time. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.Braveheart chased after Dragon and, eventually, much later than expected for he did not know where Dragon lived and had only the tracks left behind to read, follow only the broken flower heads streaming the way, and pay attention only to the tell-tale signs of burned bushes and destroyed structures, later, much later, he reached the Dragon’s lair. The duality of symbols is kept in the colours of the Mărţişor: white and red, meaning peace and war (it might also symbolize winter and spring). Keep in mind that most Romanian women expect to receive something at the beginning of March (especially on March 1) - either a traditional mărțișor or its more expensive version, a piece of jewellery with a red-white string, or a flower from the most important men in their lives, as well as from colleagues and business partners. General explanations have been given by the observers of the tradition for the object's appearance: the strings are believed to represent "funia anului" - the year's "rope", intertwining summer and winter, [7] the pendant symbolized fortune and wealth, or, like a talisman, brought and preserved good health and beauty to the wearer. Some ethnologists believe that the Mărțișor celebration has Roman origins, others support the theory that it is an old Dacian tradition.